Christ Church Brighton

Whoever you are, wherever you’re from, whatever you’re studying

Welcome!

When it comes to students we aim to:

• Teaching students how to understand and handle the Bible themselves so they can study it independently and apply it to their lives at university.
• Helping students to both know how and feel confident to share the Gospel with their friends.
• Building relationships between students and non-students, families, internationals and pretty much anyone else.
• Providing love, encouragement and support in order to help increase your passion for Jesus.

As well as our main weekly meeting (see the meetings section of the site) which students are welcome to and can be involved with, Christ church offers students the oppertunity of one to one discipleship. This involves meeting with one of the church workers or members for an hour or so a week to study the Bible, share, pray and encourage each other. Alternatively, there is the option of meeting together with a church worker and a few fellow students to study the bible in a small group.

 One of the important things about Christ Church is that students are as fully part of the church as any other groups - they get the oppertunity to host meetings, pray, contribute musically, cook for a Gospel community and serve in many other ways as well as benefit from knowing other groups of people - families, singles, newly marrieds and retired people. We don't have huge numbers of students, but we hope that those we do have feel very much a part of the church and enjoy spending time with non students. A great way to do this is to be part of a Gospel community.

But it's not all fun and games - sometimes we get down to the hard work of:

Having baptisms in the sea...

“What I love about Christ Church is that I can be open and honest with everyone. Being a small church, we know each other well - we really do feel like family! It’s brilliant being able to study the Bible together, and to encourage each other. In the two years I’ve been involved in Christ Church, I feel like I’ve really grown in my relationship with God through studying His word, and a few months ago I made the step of being baptised in the sea – which was awesome! Being able to make a public declaration of my faith in Jesus in front of lots of my friends was amazing!”

weekends away...

 Below is a short list of some useful websites for Students....

www.uscu.org.uk  - Sussex Uni Christian union

www.ubcu.co.uk - Brighton Uni Christian Union

www.uccf.org.uk - Universities and colleges Christian fellowship

www.theologynetwork.org - A great site run by uccf with loads of excellent resources for studying theology

 www.bethinking.org -  Another uccf site, this time full of brilliant apologetics resources

And reading breaks...

I joined the church two and half years ago. Almost as long as I have been here in Brighton. I flew here from the far east, Korea. Since I joined this church, it has been like having a second home in the UK. This is an amazing experience for me, as someone who had to start from nothing and was somewhat uneasy as a foreign student. I have been given so much love and such a fun life through this Church family. Come and taste!

As well as helping each other move... (which happens far too much when your a student).

Not to mention dressing up...

 "What was my student experience like at Christ Church? well... It all began with a lolly. I was offered one attached to a flyer by one of the students workers advertising a Church that met at 7pm in the evening - I'm in I thought. To describe the amount I have been able by God's grace to bless the church with and to have been blessed by the church with in such a short space would not do justice to the reality of the situation. Instead I'll simply say that Christ church has fed me both Biblically and with probably hundreds of meals. Loved me, both with the truth when I needed to hear it and a shoulder when I needed to cry on it. And finally has helped me to understand who I want to be for the rest of my life..."

and meeting father Christmas.